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  3. Cities Guide—Shanghai Business hours Business hours in Shanghai are very much those you would find in the West. Office h

Cities Guide—Shanghai Business hours Business hours in Shanghai are very much those you would find in the West. Office h

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问题                                  Cities Guide—Shanghai
    Business hours
    Business hours in Shanghai are very much those you would find in the West. Office hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5/6 p.m.(some close for an hour at lunchtime). Some offices also maintain limited Saturday hours. Banks follow similar hours.
     Department stores typically open every day, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Chinese restaurants tend to open and close early(11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.), and international restaurants stay open latch Note that dinner in China is usually eaten early, from 5:30 p.m.
    Eating and drinking
    Most business entertaining is done over lunch, though a high-profile business deal may be celebrated by a large evening meal in a private room of a restaurant. Unless specifically invited, spouses typically stay at home. The Western custom of after-work drinks is rare, though there is a growing trend for business colleagues to meet for coffee.
    Try to master chopsticks before you arrive in Shanghai. Chinese food is eaten informally, with everyone serving them selves from several main dishes on a central turntable.
    In all but the swankiest(漂亮，时髦的) restaurants, messiness is perfectly acceptable. People will happily slurp their soup, toss chicken bones around their plates and spill soy sauce everywhere.
    Frequent toasts are not unusual. Mao Tai, a fiery 60-70 proof liquor distilled from sorghum, is what you’ll typically drink. If you can’t keep up, join in the toast with beer or else a soft drink.
    Drinking a lot(and even drunkenness) may earn you respect or trust, since many Chinese believe that alcohol causes harriers to come down and true intentions to be revealed.
    You may be invited to eat at someone’s home. Always bring a gift(fruit or flowers), and remember to take your shoes off at the threshold.
    Getting around
    Public transport
    If you plan to be in Shanghai for more than a few days, buy a Shanghai Public Transport Card(jiao tong ka), available in any metro station for 30 yuan(refundable when you return it at any metro station). Once you have one, you can put funds on it to use for taxis, the metro, light rail buses and the passenger ferry across the river.
    Buses
    Buses are crowded, smelly, hard to understand if you don’t read Chinese characters, but extraordinarily cheap. Most inner-city buses charge 1-2 yuan, no matter how far you’re traveling within the city. Tickets on long-distance buses range between 1-6 yuan.
    Taxis
    Taxis in Shanghai axe good value. You will pay 10 yuan for the first two kin, and then 2 yuan per km. The city has about 50,000 taxis. The only time you’ll have trouble finding one is when it’s raining. Most taxi drivers do not speak English, so have someone jot down your destination in Chinese characters and take a business card from your hotel with you so that you can find your way back.
    Tipping is not customary. Try to avoid hailing a cab at 9:30 a.m. or 4:30 p.m., when drivers swap shifts.
    Metro
    Shanghai’s metro is swift and cheap(2 -6 yuan), but has only three main lines. The government has plans for eight more by 2010; Until then, you could end having to walk some distance. The metro is a good way to cross the river during rush hour, when traffic clogs the bridges and the tunnel.
    When traveling you can just swipe your public transport card over the card-recognition keypads. Otherwise, you will need to tell the assistant at one of the ticketing counters what price zone you are traveling in and he or she will give you a one-trip ticket.
    Communications
    Telephone codes
    Country code: 86
    Area code: (0)21
    All Chinese area codes begin with a zero, which is dropped when calling China from abroad, and when making local calls.
    Outgoing international code: 00 + country code
    Public telephones
    With the proliferation of mobile phones, there aren’t many public phone booths left. Your best bet is a hotel lobby. Chinese public phones take prepaid phone cards available from convenience stores and street vendors. Local calls are in credibly cheap. International calls cost around 10 yuan per minute.
     Mobile phones
    There are two mobile companies in Shanghai: China Mobile and China Unicom. China Mobile is larger but China Unicom has marginally lower rates. Both use the GSM system. China Mobile uses GPRS phones, while China Unicom uses CD MA phones.
    Check with your home firm to see if your roaming service operates here. Otherwise you can get a SIM card very cheaply, and buy pre-paid cards from streetside stalls or convenience stores. Many hotel business centres will rent you a handset.
    Courier services
    Fedex
    Tel: +86(0) 21 5257-4620 or 800 820 1338
    Order before 4 p.m. if you want the delivery to reach its destination before 12 p.m. two days later.
    DHL
    Tel: +86(0) 21 6536-2900 or 800 810 8000
    Deliveries take three working days.
    UPS
    Tel: +86(0) 21 6391-5555
    You need to order the pick-up before 1 p.m. to catch that day’s flight. Your parcel will arrive three working days later.
    Internet cafs
    Business centers at most good hotels offer Internet access, though prices are high. You’ll also find wireless access at Pu Dong International Airport, Starbucks outlets around the city, Element Fresh caf and in the shopping and restaurant district of Xintiandi.
    You can also try the Shanghai Library at 1557 Huaihai Middle Road(Tel: 6445-2001). Head for the small office on the ground floor, underneath the main entrance. It’s open from 9 a.m. -8:30 p.m. daily and costs 4 yuan per hour. You’ll need to have your passport with you.
    Post offices
    Open: daily, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
    Overseas letters and postcards require five to ten days for delivery.
    Shanghai’s main post office(with English-speaking staff) is at Suzhou Beilu at the intersection with Sichuan Lu, just North of Suzhou Creek.
    There are two other post office branches where employees speak English: one is at the Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xilu and the other is at 1337 Huaihai Zhonglu.
选项 A、Y
B、N
C、NG
答案A
解析 详细解答文中Banks follow similar hours表示银行工作时间类似。所以可推断银行工作时间也在早9点到下午5、6点。
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